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Ribavirin revisited in the era of direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus infection.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jan 2017
Feld Jordan J, Jacobson Ira M, Sulkowski Mark S, Poordad Fred, Tatsch Fernando, Pawlotsky Jean-Michel
Abstract excerpt
Over the past two decades, ribavirin has been an integral component of treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, where it has been shown to improve the efficacy of (pegylated) interferon. However, because of treatment-limiting side effects and its additive toxicity with interferon, the search for interferon- and ribavirin-free regimens has been underway. The recent approvals of all-oral direct acting...
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